Losing weight

hollie2009 · September 2018

Help
Help I've been doing this weeks and I'm seeing no results if any gaining. Lost couple pounds then seems to be going on
I exercise , eat within calories
Not all of them some days . When I complete diary is says your weight in 5 weeks will be this!!!!!
Well not me !!!!
Wanna give up what's point

kommodevaran · September 2018

You have to be more patient and methodical.
How long have you worked on weightloss?
What is your height and weight, and your calorie target?
How are you logging your food intake?
How is your attitude towards cheating?

jorichards2 · September 2018

You have to weigh and log everything you eat every single day.

Missing a day here or there or the odd snack will mean all your good work on the other days are wasted.

Even if you go over one day the average over the week will be the way to judge what you’re intake should be x

hollie2009 · September 2018

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collectingblues · September 2018

How long have you been really working at it? How long have you been tracking *and* weighing everything?

Zedeff · September 2018

The beauty of he CICO method is that it is infallible and simple. If you are not losing weight over a reasonably long period of time - 2 weeks should be plenty - then it means you are eating too much food.

The MFP app estimates your calorie expenditures. It isn’t tailored to YOU, it is estimating what most people LIKE YOU would burn. You may be burning fewer, you may be burning more. If you are honest in your tracking and accounting for every calorie consumed and not losing, then you are probably over estimating the “calories out” side of the CICO equation and you need to scale back on calories in.

shadow2soul · September 2018

How long exactly is “weeks”?

How long have you been exercising?
New exercise can actually cause water retention for muscle repair and I’ve heard of it lasting up to 6 weeks before dropping off in a large chunk.

How are you determining how much you eat?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjKPIcI51lU

The estimate in the diary is an “if we lived in a perfect world where you burned EXACTLY the same calories and ate the EXACt same everyday for the next 5 weeks you would weigh...” Take it with a grain of salt. It doesn’t account for water retention due to hormones, exercise, or sodium.

Are you using accurate database entries?
Not all database entries are correct. You have to be careful. I found one this morning for sugar that was 100g = 16 calories... :noway: That is horribly incorrect. Try 100g = 387 calories.
Also don’t use “homemade-...” entries. You don’t know what ingredients where used and in what amounts. The possibility that what you are actually matched the calories in the database entry is very slim. Better off using the recipe builder or logging each individual ingredient.

diannethegeek · September 2018

Stalls suck, but they can be difficult to troubleshoot without more information. Your diary is closed to us and you aren't giving us many details.

These would be my very generic suggestions without a lot of info, though:

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

diannethegeek · September 2018

hollie2009 wrote: »

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Could you use the quote button at the bottom of posts your replying to so it puts the original at the top, like this ^^^ ? It helps to figure out which answer goes with which question.

hollie2009 · September 2018

diannethegeek wrote: »

hollie2009 wrote: »

I am

Could you use the quote button at the bottom of posts your replying to so it puts the original at the top, like this ^^^ ? It helps to figure out which answer goes with which question.

Ok

hollie2009 · September 2018

diannethegeek wrote: »

Stalls suck, but they can be difficult to troubleshoot without more information. Your diary is closed to us and you aren't giving us many details.

These would be my very generic suggestions without a lot of info, though:

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

As you can all tell am very new to this
Have had some very Nasty reploes which I've deleted so apologies if all new to me .
Thanks you for all your tips . I have been what I thought tracking . Been exercising more since end July .
I think my calories are too much 1600 a day ??
So may adjust these.

Thanks

diannethegeek · September 2018

hollie2009 wrote: »

diannethegeek wrote: »

Stalls suck, but they can be difficult to troubleshoot without more information. Your diary is closed to us and you aren't giving us many details.

These would be my very generic suggestions without a lot of info, though:

1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

As you can all tell am very new to this
Have had some very Nasty reploes which I've deleted so apologies if all new to me .
Thanks you for all your tips . I have been what I thought tracking . Been exercising more since end July .
I think my calories are too much 1600 a day ??
So may adjust these.

Thanks

Generally speaking, most people who stop losing find there are calories they aren't accounting for in their logging that are keeping them from being in a calorie deficit. How you deal with that is your choice. You can tighten up your logging, eat less with logging better knowing that things are a bit off, or exercise more to account for the extra calories, or some combo of those three. What you choose is up to you.

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